. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ere Andrew Thomas, 1869; Charles S. Dunn, Lockland Building and Savings association wasformed here in June, 1871. A Methodist class was or-ganized near the place so long ago as 1799, by the McCormick, at the house of a Mr. churches now are: The Presbyterian, Rev. S. , pastor; Baptist, J. W. Davis, pastor; the WayneAvenue Methodist Episcopal, Rev. Mr. Vance; Mt. ZionBaptist (colored), Rev. S. P. Young; African Methodist,Rev. M. M. Smithy and the Christian, also a coloredco
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ere Andrew Thomas, 1869; Charles S. Dunn, Lockland Building and Savings association wasformed here in June, 1871. A Methodist class was or-ganized near the place so long ago as 1799, by the McCormick, at the house of a Mr. churches now are: The Presbyterian, Rev. S. , pastor; Baptist, J. W. Davis, pastor; the WayneAvenue Methodist Episcopal, Rev. Mr. Vance; Mt. ZionBaptist (colored), Rev. S. P. Young; African Methodist,Rev. M. M. Smithy and the Christian, also a coloredcongregation. In the Wayne Avenue church is still used,with almost entire satisfaction, the venerable organ whichwas the first ever played in Cincinnati. July 2, 1876, an historical discourse was preached bythe Rev. W. A. Hutchison, then pastor of the Presby-terian church in Lockland, from which the following factsare obtained: The Presbyterian church in Reading, organized August29, 1823, divided January 2, 1839, into New and OldSchool branches. The Rev. Benjamin Graves, who had. BENJAMIN URMSTON. Benjamin Urmston,fourth son of David and Mary(Enyard) Urmston,of Ligonier valley, New Jersey, isof English stock. They immigrated to Ohio aboutl8oi, coming first to Cincinnati, then pushingnorthward to a tract in Butler county, three milesnorth of Sycamore township, where both lived anddied. Their children numbered ten, among whomwas the subject of this sketch, born December 20,1800, in Pennsylvania, and was a babe in armswhen brought by his parents down the Ohio riveron a raft. His early life was spent on the farmwith his father until his marriage, and for someyears afterwards, when he removed to a small placegiven him by his father upon the paternal he remained several years, and about 1838removed to Springfield township, where he hassince resided as a farmer. He occupied his presentplace in 1853. It is about a quarter of a milesouth of Mount Pleasant, on the old Hamiltonp
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